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| Rose Box | The strainer at the end of the suction pipe of a bilge pump which prevents solid material in the bilges from being sucked into the pump and choking it. Also known as a strum box. |
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| Round | A verb with a variety of meanings. To round in is to haul in quickly; to round up is to bring a sailing vessel head into the wind; to round down a tackle is to overhaul it; to round a mark is to pass a racing mark. |
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| Round Turn | One complete turn of the line around a cleat, spar or another line. |
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| Round Turn and Two Half Hitches | A knot widely used when making a boat fast to a post or bollard. |
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| Rouse Out | Turning out all hands on board ship in the morning, or calling the watch for duty on deck. |
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| Row | A method of moving a boat with oars. The person rowing the boat faces backwards, bringing the blade of the oars out of the water and toward the bow of the boat. They then pull the oars through the water toward the stern of the boat, moving the boat forward. |
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| Rowboat | A small boat designed to be rowed by use of its oars. Some dinghies are rowboats. |
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| Royal | On a square-rigged ship, a light weather sail set next above the topgallant-sail in fair weather. |
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| Rubrail | Also rubbing strake or rub strake. An applied or thickened member at the rail, running the length of the boat; serves to protect the hull when alongside a pier or another boat. |
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| Rudder | A board-shaped swinging vane, controlled by a tiller or wheel, and attached to the rudderpost or stern for steering and maneuvering a vessel. |
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| Rudder Angle Indicator | Piloting instrument showing the number of degrees to port or starboard at which the rudder(s) currently is/are positioned. |
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| Rudder Post | The post that the rudder is attached to. The wheel or tiller is connected to the rudder post. |
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| Rules of the Road | The rules concerning which vessel has the right of way if there is a possibility of collision between two or more boats; written to prevent accidents and collisions; includes right of way, lights, pennants, and whistle signals |
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| Rummage | Originally meant "to stow cargo". Now, means "to search a ship carefully and thoroughly". |
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| Run | (1) Sailing away from the wind with the sails let out all the way; going with the wind, downwind sailing (2) To allow a line to feed freely. (3) The shape of the afterpart of the underbody of a ship in relation to the resistance it creates going through the water. |
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